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I am surprised Apple have not extended iMessage to a web interface that relies on the iPhone iMessage app to do all the work in the same way that WhatsApp Web w
by satysin 8y ago
I am surprised Apple have not extended iMessage to a web interface that relies on the iPhone iMessage app to do all the work in the same way that WhatsApp Web works.
You don't lose E2EE, you keep the requirement of having an iPhone, etc.
Sure they have the macOS desktop iMessage app but a web interface would be great for iPhone owners who don't use macOS of which there are many.
They could easily wrap such a web service up in Electron just like WhatsApp does for their Windows Store desktop app.
I guess Apple relying on Electron isn't likely to happen but there is no reason they couldn't over-engineer it with their own embedded browser solution.
They already have the technology as it is used for iTunes on Windows (which, interestingly, is now available in the Windows Store via Desktop Bridge).
- kitsunesoba 8y agoApple using Electron is extremely unlikely. They’re more likely to port iMessage to Windows with the Windows port of the Objective-C runtime + Cocoa + Foundation (a sort of modernized YellowBox[1]) they used to port iTunes and previously Safari to Windows. The browser used in the Windows version of iTunes is WebKit, not Chromium. 1: http://www.shawcomputing.net/resources/apple/os_pictures/ybnt4/ http://www.shawcomputing.net/resources/apple/os_pictures/ybn...
- r00fus 8y agoSecurity is one reason they stay away from web access. If you read through Apple's security white papers it's pretty clear that iMessage security would be gravely impacted by the attack surface that comes with web access.